Abstract
Effective refractive indices detected using surface plasmon resonance techniques are calculated as a function of the tilt angle of lipid bilayers in a multilayered model. The changes in the effective refractive indices are derived from the shift of an excitation angle of surface plasmon. To obtain effective refractive index plots, we determined refractive index changes in the lipid bilayers with 3 and 5nm thicknesses as a function of tilt angle and obtained a relationship between the effective refractive index and tilt angle. We also showed that the effective refractive index depended on the lipid bilayers thickness and anisotropic permittivities, which vary with interchain distance.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 640780 |
| Journal | Journal of Sensors |
| Volume | 2012 |
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| Publication status | Published - Apr 18 2012 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Instrumentation
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Watanabe, K., & Matsuura, K. (2012). Theoretical study on the detection of tilted lipid bilayers using surface plasmon resonance techniques. Journal of Sensors, 2012, [640780]. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/640780